Admiral (disambiguation)
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Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. Admiral may also refer to:
- Military and derived uses
- Admiral (Australia)
- Admiral (Star Trek) — a rank in the fictitious Star Trek universe
- Admiral (United Kingdom) — a senior rank of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom
- Admiral (United States) — a senior rank of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
- Sport
- Admiral (sportswear), an international sportswear brand
- Amsterdam Admirals, an American football team from Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- David Robinson (basketball) (nicknamed "The Admiral"), a basketball player who held off entering the NBA to complete his duty to the Navy (although he never actually reached the rank of Admiral).
- Milwaukee Admirals, an American Hockey League franchise which derived its name from the appliance brand.
- Norfolk Admirals, an American Hockey League franchise named for the nearby naval base.
- Geography and Nature
- Admiral Formation, a stratigraphical formation[1] of Permian rocks
- Admiral, Saskatchewan, a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
- Red Admiral, a type of butterfly.
- Other uses
- Admiral (Beanie Baby), a Beanie Baby penguin made by Ty, Inc.
- Admiral (electrical appliances), a brand of electrical appliances
- Admiral Insurance, a UK insurance company
- S.S. Admiral, an art-deco excursion steamboat that is currently being used as a dockside casino
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- ^ For an explanation of what a "stratigraphical formation" is, see Palynology, Sequence (geology) and/or Stratigraphy.